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Observations <br /> ,„„ <br /> • Opportunities to Establish a More Substantial Public Purpose Alignment. <br /> • We suggest the Hawai'i County Council amend Hawai'i County Code Article 25 to establish alignment with <br /> the state constitution regarding serving a public purpose and benefit by enumerating both as a criteria <br /> • Section 2-139(C)of the Hawai'i County Charter states, "The director shall submit to the council all qualifying <br /> applications as provided in sections 2-137 and 2-138 for its review and appropriation of funds."This leads to a <br /> natural conclusion that forwarded "qualifying applications"conform with all seven elements of the Hawai'i <br /> County Code §2-137 and the other six elements of§2-138. However,this is not the case.The Department of <br /> 4.1 <br /> Finance does not verify all elements of these two sections. <br /> • Opportunities to Clarify Roles and Responsibilities. <br /> • We suggest the Hawai'i County Council clarify Chapter 2,Article 25 to explicitly include activities and <br /> timelines for reviewing and appropriating non-profit funding.This should include clear guidelines on the <br /> evaluation criteria,decision-making rocesses and oversight mechanisms. <br /> 9 <br />